L. Gregory Jones is vice president and vice provost for global strategy and programs at Duke University, where he is also professor of theology in the Divinity School. In addition, he serves as senior strategist for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. From 1997-2010 he was Dean of Duke Divinity School. He graduated with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in communications and M.P.A. from the University of Denver

University of Denver

The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....

, an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School

Duke Divinity School

The Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina is one of thirteen seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church. It has 39 full time and 18 part time faculty and over 500 full time students. The current dean of The Divinity School is Richard B. Hays, who replaced...

 and a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in theology from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

. He is the author or editor of fourteen books.

Dr. Jones is the younger brother of Bishop Scott J. Jones

Scott J. Jones

Scott Jameson Jones is an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2004. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and raised in Illinois, Indiana and Colorado. -Family:...

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